Honey-section machine



Fel?a 17,1931. Q HOLM 1,792,692

` HONEY SECTION MACHINE Filed March 27, 1928 v si \\\\f Patented Feb.17,v 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHRISTIAN I-IOLM, OF GENOA,ILLINOIS nolvianr-sno'iiolv MACHINE Application led March 27, V1928.Seralllo.` 265,663. i

, machine whereby to finish theseotion in neat form.

A furtherobject'lof theinventionis to providea stop deviceto controltheaction of the hot plate to a desired limit, whereby to eliminateundesirable'after eects incidents to the thevariously adjusted sealingof the foundation.

' A still' furtherw object of the inventionr is to construct the stopdevice referred 'to with 'adjustablemeana in order to suit the same topositions of the foundation guide block. V

A fina-1,- but nevertheless important object of the invention is toconstruct the novel stop device with few andV simple yparts and sodesign the same that it may be applied to the standard machine withoutparticular skill.

With the above objects in view and any others that may suggestthemselves.v from the specification and claims to follow, a betterunderstanding of the invention may be' gained by reference to theaccompanying drawing, in which- Y `Figure 1 isa generalvertical sectionof so much of the machine involved inthe patent referred to as appliesto ymy invention, the view being similarV to Figure 4in the patent; Fig.2 is a plan view of the, hot plate to the extent involved bymyinvention;

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing one modification; Fig. 4 is a sectiononthe line 4- 4 of Figure 3;and Figs.5 and 6 are sections showing twoother modifications.

To those familiar with the artV of fastening foundations in honeysections, and especially with the machine illustrated inthe patentreferred to, it will be recalled that, in accordance with the drawing,the section 10 isdeposited in a frame'll, and that the hot plate 12operates under a guide block 13 against which the honey foundation 14 isheld. The forward stroke of the hot platefmeets the bottom of thefoundation and thev foundation being of wax, such bottom is momentarilymelted,.,the operator quickly lowering the foundation to secure the sameto the ioorof the section 10. The hot plate is in the mean'.- timepermitted to recede under theA guide block 13.. Under presentconditions, the receding frontal edge 12al draws with it a coat# ing ordeposit of the melted wax, spreading thev same upon the .under side oftheguide block inpart and permitting some to remain in suspensionorpossibly depend to some extent. Qn the next forwardA stroke, the edge'12a of the hot plate picksup the y'depositfof Vthe guide block andcarrying the excessive wax permits fsome to drip onto the floor 11a i ofthe frame before the nextv section is deposited. A The floor'lla thusbecomes smeared with the residual wax and when the new section ismounted someV of this wax` is transferred to the bottom of the section,causing the same to become smeared and soiled.

Y Since honey sections are made and intended to be maintainedscrupulously clean, it will be seen `that an unsatisfactory condition ishad by the development mentioned. 'It has been t my intention to.eliminatev the staining and soiling of the section inthe manner statedabove by employing the new stop device first referred to in a manner nowto be described. h1By referring to Figure 1 of the drawing, the forwardstroke of the hot'plate 12 is indicated bythe directional arrow, theextent of this-stroke being denoted by'dotted linesat the left. Aspreviously mentioned, the hot plate is causedrto recede under the guideblock 13, the extent being to an appreciable distance.4 VI have foundYthat limiting the recession of the hot plate 12 to a point flush withthe front edge of the guide block 13 accomplishes my main object, and Ihave shown the hot plate by full lines in this position. By receding nofurther than the position noted, it will be realized that the residualwax is not carried under. Athe guide block and deposited or smearedthereon, so that no` ac- Y cumulation of this wax can occur. In otherwords," 1f a small coatmg of wax'rem'ains on the edge 12a of the hotplate 12, it will be merged into the wax foundation the next time thehot plate negotiates the latter. Thus, with no excessive coating oraccumulation of wax on the edge 12a of the hot plate, there is at notime so much wax as to drip down upon the floor plate 11a of the frame.The latter remaining clean, the sections must needs remain in theiroriginal state of cleanliness when removed from the machine.

My main accomplishment is, therefore, 4to limit the recession of the'hotplate to the position described, and this I wish .t0 claim as new.Incidentally, I have devised a simple means to accomplish this endwithout altering the standard machine, but wish to .state that, althoughI have illustrated and described this means and also two modificationsthereof, I do not wish to limit myself to any particular means forstopping the hot plate at the point considered; any suitable means willcome within the principle lof my invention. A

To describe the principal means referred to, I will first makereferenceto an elongated slot'15 found in the hot plate 12 of the standmachine,at the rear. This slot is now used to guide the motion Vof the hot platealong a cross-head 16 carried by a bracket 17projecting yfrom the baseof the machine. Since the cross-head is stationary and seats in theslot`15, it steadies the forward and rearward motion of the hot plate,so as to render the front edge 12al thereof in proper alinement with thehoney section and the guide block 13. In applying the novel stop device,I construct a hook 18 of stiff strip metal which I catch in the frontend of the slot 15, as shown. The upper section of the hook is bent upand horizontally perforated with a tapped bore to receive a screw 19directed from the front. To the rear of the hook bend 18a the screwreceives a lock nut 20, which enables the screw to be made fast relativeto `the hook at any desired position in its travel. The rear end of thescrew extends to meet the cross-head 16, and it will be seen that byproperly adjusting the screw in a forward or rearward direction, therecession of the plate may be limited to the point of locating thefrontal edge 12a of the hot plate even with that of the guide block 13as the end of the screw strikes the lcross-head 16. The adjustment ofthe screw is a very simple matter, since the nick in the head of thescrew is readily accessible with a screw-driver from the front ofthe'section frame, and a small plier or wrench may be used with ease totighten the lock nut 20. Y

Thus the` novel stop device is really variable abutment fjor thecross-head 1 6, and it has occurred to me that a modificationcouldeasily be devised in the form shown in Figures 3 and il, In thisinstance, I perforate the hot rlateto reeeire a 1.091.@21. from below, a

washer 22 above the hot plate, an eccentric disk 23 next, and a securingnut 24 finally. The profile of the disk 23 is such as to constitute thesame as an abutment in the nature of the end of the screw 19 relative tothe cross-head 16. Thus, by shifting the position of the disk around inone or the other direction, the extent of the abutment is adjusted tosuit, the nut 2-/1 being tightened after the proper adjustment has beenmade. Y The second modification employs the perforation referred to inconnection with the iirstmodification, and may be understood from Figure5. In this instance, the replica 25 of the screw 19 is used, but a screw26 is used as a support for the same to pass downwardly through theperforation and the securing nut 27, The head of the screw is in theformof a post 28, which is tapped in the same way as the original bend18a, likewise receiving a lock nut 29. This modication, like that ofFigs. 3 and 4;, makes use of an independent perforation in the hotplate,and does not depend on the slot 15. Thus, `it can be used for amachine in which the cross head 16 is disposed for the same operation,but minus a guide slot 1,5. Where the machine is built to include themain embodiment of my invention, the most logical method occurring tomefor mounting the screw 19, etc.` would be to substitute for the hook 18and its bend 180, a tongue 18?) directly struck up from the metal of theplate 12, as indicated in the modification of Fig. 6, to appear andserve as the bend 18a in the present main embodiment.

vIt will be seen in conclusion that my improvement makes for a neatdisposal of the honey section, and eliminates the usual mess and generaldissatisfaction experienced with structures of the prevailing type. Asthe same time, my improvement does not involve expensive or complicatedparts but rather furnishes a simple attachmentV which may be applied ina few minutes to serve the purpose intended by my invention.

I claim 1 A honey foundation` fastener comprising a frontal guide block,a hot plate reciprocable relative to the latter, and means `to curtailthe receding stroke of the hot plate whereby to prevent the forward edgethereof from passing the forward edge of the guide block.V

2, A honey foundation fastener comprising a frontal guide block, a hotplate reciprocable relative to the latter, and means to limit thereceding stroke of the hot plate whereby to locate the forward edgethereof substantially even with the forward edge of the guidel block.

3. A honey foundation fastener comprising a support, a guide block, ahot plate movable relative to the support, and an adjustable stop forthe hot plate.

4. A honey foundation fastener compris- Y ing a support, a guide block,an apertured hot plate movable relative to the support, a standardanchored in the aperture of the hot plate, and a stop limited by thesupport.

. 5. A honey foundation fastener compris- `ing a support,`a guide block,an apertured hot plate movable relative to the support, a standardformed with a hook to engage the hot plate by Way of the aperture, and ascrew disposed in the standard and adjustable relative to the support tolimit the movement of the hot plate.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

` CHRISTIAN HOLM.

